7 Sights in Fortaleza, Brazil (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Fortaleza, Brazil! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Fortaleza. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Activities in Fortaleza1. A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias
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2. Praça Gustavo Barroso
Gustavo Adolfo Luiz Dodt da Cunha Barroso was a Brazilian lawyer, writer and politician associated with Brazilian Integralism and antisemitism. He was also known by the pseudonym João do Norte. Being considered a master of Brazilian folklore, he was the first director of the National Historical Museum and one of the leaders of the Brazilian Integralist Action, being one of its most prominent ideologists.
3. Museu do Ceará
The Museum of Ceará is located in the city of Fortaleza, which houses a collection of more than 13 thousand pieces distributed in three important collections that tell the history of Ceará: Paleontology, Indigenous Archaeology/Anthropology and Furniture.
4. Farol do Mucuripe
The Mucuripe Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the Brazilian municipality of Fortaleza that was built between the years 1840 and 1846 by slaves, in masonry, wood and iron. It represents one of the oldest buildings in Fortaleza. It was, for a long time, a reference for boats that docked here. However, the old eye of the sea, as it was known, was deactivated in 1957. The lighthouse housed at one point the "The Museum of Fortaleza".
5. Museu da Imagem e do Som do Ceará
The Museum of Image and Sound of Ceará (MIS) is a Brazilian museum located in the state of Ceará, in the city of Fortaleza. He specializes in documenting the audiovisual production of Ceará culture.
6. Igreja Presbiteriana de Fortaleza
The Presbyterian Church of Fortaleza is a Protestant Presbyterian church linked to the Presbyterian Church of Brazil, in the city of Fortaleza. It was the first Protestant church in the state of Ceará, founded on July 8, 1883 by Reverend De Lacey Wardlaw, of the Southern Church Mission Board, Nashville, Tennessee, United States. At the time of its foundation, it had 12 members.
7. Casa do Português
The Casa do Portuguese is a house located on Avenida João Pessoa, Damas neighborhood in Fortaleza listed in 2012 as a historical heritage of the city. Built in 1953 by the Portuguese farmer and merchant José Maria Cardoso.
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